B1idiommoneyIELTS-friendly
shop around
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to compare prices or offers in different places before you buy
Also used for services: 'shop around for insurance, a bank or a phone plan'. Use 'for' before the thing.
In context
It's worth shopping around before you buy a new laptop; prices vary a lot.
We shopped around for weeks and found a much cheaper flight to Seoul.
More idioms about money
- a cash cowa product or business that steadily makes a lot of money
- a false economya way of saving money that ends up costing more later
- a gold minea business or thing that makes a lot of money, or a rich source of something
- a golden handshakea large sum of money paid to someone when they leave a job
- a money pitsomething, often a house or car, that costs you much more money than it is worth